SEIMS "V"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Math Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Bird’s Robe Records, Dunk Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: November 14, 2025 (CD, digital), January 31, 2026 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Double Standards (1:42) 

2. Chaos Within A Construct (4:22) 

3. Forever The Optimist (5:58) 

4. Flowing Upstream (4:31) 

5. Preoccupations (6:00) 

6. Abandonment Is Expected (3:57) 

7. My Memories Retain Nothing (4:29) 

8. End's Tether (5:04) 

9. A Moment Never Returned (2:43) 

Total Time 38:46

Credits

Simeon Bartholomew - guitars, basses, bass VI, piano, synth, vocals

Chris Allison - drums

Sam Sheumack - slide guitar (5, 6)

Mark Owen - guitar solo (8)

Nataliya Lukich - violins

Monique Turner - violas

Peter Hollo - cellos

Tom Botting - double basses

Paul Murchison - trumpets, flugelhorns

Luke Bartley - tuba, sousaphone

Produced by Simeon Bartholomew

Music and lyrics composed by Simeon Bartholomew

Drums arranged by Chris Allison

Recorded and engineered by Tim Carr at Rancom St Studios, Botany NSW

Additional recording at Across From Harry's Bathroom, Forest Lodge NSW

Mixed by Alex Wilson

Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA

Assistant Mastering Engineer - Costanza Tinti

Lack of Guidance cover artwork by Simeon Bartholomew

Lack of Inhibition insert cover artwork by Montagne Bartholomew + Simeon Bartholomew

Description/Reviews:

‘Chaos Within A Construct’ and its respective interlude ‘Double Standards’ more or less establishes this from the record’s offset, its thunderous post rock brimming with confidence as it flows to and from the jazz inclined math rock sequences that bind the track. However, it’s the proceeding ‘Forever The Optimist’ that serves as the record’s first big, standout moment. Towering and beautifully composed, the track’s optimistic metropolitan post rock harkens And So I Watch You From Afar’s sense of imagination and amazement, something that becomes a defining sensibility that only grows across V’s runtime.

Read the full review by  Dan Hillier at noizze.co.uk

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Stephan Thelen "Worlds In Collision"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: MoonJune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2026
Tracklist

1. In Search of the Miraculous

2. Fractal Guitar Goes to Africa

3. Haumea

4. Crossroads (for Bill Laswell)

5. Creatures of the Night

6. Eclipse, Phase 1 (Into the Darkness)

7. Eclipse, Phase 2 (Into the Light) 

8. In Search of the Miraculous (Coda)

Credits

Stephan Thelen: guitars, keyboards, percussion, electronics, programming

   With

Eivind Aarset: guitars

Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar (1)

Jon Durant: guitars 

Stefan Huth: AU8 touch guitar (bass) (1,6,7)

Yogev Gabay: drums, percussion

Giri Subramaniam: tabla (4)

Andi Pupato: framedrum, hihat, azzam bells, percussion (5)

Fabio Anile: Fender Rhodes (6,7)

Description/Reviews:

FRACTAL GUITAR 4 is many things: instrumental music that fearlessly and uncomprimisingly explores the sonic and expressive potential of the modern electric guitar combined with digital effects, music that - thanks to drummer Yogev Gabay - is a masterclass in polyrhythmic drumming, music that is as precise as a Swiss watch, but that can also be free, wild and expressive. But, ultimately, it captures a passionate and urgent ‚Search for the Miraculous,‘ a search for timeless music that reflects the tragic contradictions of the human condition in its general and current state, where there is light as well as darkness, hope as well as despair, truth as well as illusion. 

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35 Tapes "Veil on Life"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 30, 2026
Tracklist

1. Hallway – (6:43) 

2. Waters – (5:14) 

3. Brisé Volé – (7:41) 

4. Borrowed Time – (6:24) 

5. Clueless – (6:07) 

6. Cities – (8:23) 

Total Time 40:32

Credits

Jarle Wangen: bass, guitars, vocals

Morten Lund: guitars, keyboards, vocals (producer)

Jo Wang: keyboards, Therevox

Andreas Eriksen: keyboards, percussion

Kai Lundewall: drums, vocals

Frank Lewis: live sound, recording engineer, guitar amps, circuit wizard

Description/Reviews:

It’s a sixtrack record that pushes the band into a more powerful, riff-driven register while preserving their signature analogue warmth and modern clarity. 

Where Fabric of Time played as a slow-burning homage to 1970s symphonic rock with a contemporary touch, Veil on Life feels current and assertive. The lyrics address memory, identity and time, each in their own way. For example, Hallway builds up a meditative distance that nudges the listener into relaxation, whilst Waters takes the listener on an evolutionary journey. Brisé Volé encourages self-scrutiny, whereas Clueless is restless and yearning, and Cities explores urban longing. Instrumentally the band still leans on Mellotron, Therevox and vintage synths. But this recording is driven by energetic electric guitars and shimmering 12-string acoustics, all backed by a warm 70s-style bass and firm rhythms that add texture and weight while preserving the band’s atmospheric songcraft.

Fans of 35 Tapes restrained cinematic prog will recognise the band’s typical warm, spacious mixes, while being introduced to new forceful soundscapes. Veil on Life balances the band’s tasteful restraint with boosted emotional confidence, delivered with discipline rather than excess.

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Quiet Observer "Another form of life"

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 8, 2026
Tracklist

1. Venus Turned Inside Out (3:35) 

2. Sneakerhead (3:45) 

3. Protoplanetary Disk (3:43) 

4. Aura (5:00) 

5. Tuculans (3:19) 

6. Alexs Nightmare (3:03) 

7. Puppet Princess (4:10) 

8. Wasteland (5:14) 

9. Shibuya Crossing (4:02) 

10. Infinite Horizon (3:30) 

Total Time 39:21

Credits

Dennis Fursov (Zolar Czack) - everything

   Except

Denis Shvarts - solo (2,3)

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Rob Harrison "Overflow"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Ragged Ocean Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: May 1, 2026
Tracklist

1. Tributaries (9:36) 

2. Mariposa Falls (5:37) 

3. Bioluminescence (4:22) 

4. Upstream (3:26) 

5. Downstream (3:29) 

6. Pools Of Glass (4:42) 

7. Azure Veins (4:51) 

8. Delirium (8:12) 

Total Time 44:15

Credits

Rob Harrison: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Saxophones, Flutes, Recorders, Synths, SFX, the blowing of the bottles and the slapping of the waters

    With

Eliseo Salverri: Drums

Julia from Who Knows Sound: Violin (6)

Rhodri Davies: Harp (1)

Giordano Maselli: Glockenspiel (1)

Oso G: Xylophone (1)

All songs written and composed by Rob Harrison

Mixed by Rob Harrison

Mastered by Stephen Kerrison

Artwork and animations by Rob Harrison

Description/Reviews:

Eight tracks of innovative prog form a loose concept album exploring the wild and unpredictable nature of water alongside the absurdity of the human spirit. We follow the waterways of the river as it makes its way down the mountainsides of a lost mysterious island in the middle of the ocean.

With unusual instrumentation (water percussion and glass bottles) and ambitious arrangements (Upstream and Downstream being the reverse of one another), Rob pushes the limits of his imagination in an attempt to achieve something greater than the sum of its parts.

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Green Carnation "A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Format: CD, digital,vinyl
Release date: April 3, 2026
Tracklist

1. Sanguis (9:05)

2. Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold (4:04)

3. Sweet to the Point of Bitter (5:58)

4. I Am Time (5:39)

5. Fire in Ice (7:03)

6. Lunar Tale (5:25)

Full runtime: 37:16

Credits

Kjetil Nordhus — Vocals

Stein Roger Sordal — Bass, Rhythm Guitars, Lead Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals (2)

Bjørn Harstad — Lead Guitars, Effects

Endre Kirkesola — Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organs, Effects, Backing Vocals (6)

Jonathan Alejandro Perez — Drums

   With:

Ingrid Ose — Flute (6)

Recording, Mixing & Mastering at DUB Studio

Producers — Endre Kirkesola, Stein Roger Sordal, Kjetil Nordhus

Sound Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad

Mixing Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad

Mastering Engineer — Lawrence Mackrory

Cover Artist: Niklas Sundin

Description/Reviews:

If Green Carnation set sail from a familiar place of melancholy on The Shores of Melancholia, then Sanguis finds the band far out at sea, fighting to stay afloat against the storm that’s raging in their minds. Whereas Part I only scratched at the surface, the epic title track that opens Part II vows to forgive and forget old bloodied wounds. Over the course of nine minutes, cresting cleans and swells of organ from long-time producer and newest member Endre Kirkesola try and wash away the familial wreckage — only for a traumatic childhood memory to come flooding back during the song’s doomy coda.

The heaviness that launched Green Carnation during Part I of A Dark Poem has aged like a fine wine on Sanguis. “Sweet to the Point of Bitter” balances meaty riffs with a pleasing melody and underlying notes of resentment. “You will acknowledge I was broken / Before you came around”. With a guitar solo that winds like the winds of change, “I Am Time” demands immediate recognition. 

But while “Fire In Ice” stokes the political flames viewed from The Shores of Melancholia with pounding windchills of double bass, Part II reveals Green Carnation at their most raw and vulnerable. 

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